Rolex Day-Date 18018

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Day-Date → 18018

Christie's case R594158, circa 1988.

The 18018 is a 36 mm yellow-gold Day-Date with automatic Cal. 3055. Auction records date examples to about 1986–1988.

Core facts

detail	value
reference	18018
family	Day-Date
dated examples	Phillips: circa 1986 and 1987; Christie’s: circa 1988
case	18k yellow gold; 36 mm in the cited catalogues
crystal	Sapphire listed on one 1988 example
movement	Automatic Cal. 3055; Phillips lists 27 jewels
variants shown	Pyramid bezel; blue-enamel and ruby-set dials
bracelet	President bracelet listed on multiple examples; one AGRASC lot gives clasp 8385 and end-links 55

Where it sits in the line

It belongs to the five-digit automatic Day-Date generation and shares Cal. 3055 with the 18038. Later 18238 examples use Cal. 3155. See Cal. 3055 and the Day-Date reference guide.

Production outline

Phillips dates case 9'864'030 to about 1986 and case 9'845'437 to about 1987; Christie’s dates case R594158 to about 1988. The two Phillips estimates do not follow case-number order, so the numbers should not be used as a year guide. These are dates assigned to individual watches; the reference’s production span is unknown.

Movement notes

Phillips lists Cal. 3055 with 27 jewels in both examples. Its crown quicksets the date; the weekday changes when the hands pass midnight. Cal. 3155 adds a separate day quickset.

Dial map

Phillips records a blue-enamel dial with pavé-set diamonds on case 9'864'030, dated about 1986. Its 9'845'437 example, dated about 1987, has a diamond-set pyramid bezel. Christie's describes a ruby-set Pleiades dial on case R594158, dated about 1988. An AGRASC sale record shows an additional example with a gold dial, baton markers, and diamonds on the bezel and lugs.

A 1988 listing describes a blue sunburst dial with diamond markers, baguettes at 6 and 9, diamond-set lugs, and a pyramid bezel. The seller calls the settings original; that claim is not independently documented here.

The dial, pyramid bezel, and diamond-set lugs on Christie's case R594158.

Case and bezel

Phillips and Christie's describe pyramid bezels; AGRASC records diamonds on the bezel and lugs, plus a screw-down crown and caseback. A 1988 listing specifies a sapphire crystal.

Caseback and case hallmarks on Christie's case R594158.

Bracelet and clasp

The Phillips, Christie's, and AGRASC examples are listed with President bracelets. AGRASC gives bracelet 8385 and end-links 55 for case R241418.

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  Christie's case R594158, front view.
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  Ruby-set Pleiades dial, pyramid bezel, and diamond-set lugs.
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  Caseback and hallmarks.

Sources

• "Phillips, Hong Kong Watch Auction: THREE, lot 964 — ref. 18018, case 9'864'030", Phillips, 2016-11-29
• "Phillips, The Geneva Watch Auction: XVI, lot 99 — ref. 18018, case 9'845'437", Phillips, 2022-11-05
• "Christie's, ref. 18018, case R594158, circa 1988", Christie's, 2024-05-13
• "AGRASC, sale catalogue, 6 December 2023, lot 139 — ref. 18018, case R241418", AGRASC, 2023-12-06
• "Amsterdam Vintage Watches, Day-Date 18018 'Blue Diamond'", Amsterdam Vintage Watches
• Bob's Watches editorial, "Quickset Vintage Day-Date Models", Bob's Watches

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